> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://reyda.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bid/no-bid report

> Generate a cited bid/no-bid report for a pipeline tender, understand how it's scored against your bid criteria, and record the decision.

The bid/no-bid report gives you a structured case for bidding or walking away. Reyda checks the tender documents against your company profile, past projects and your own bid criteria. Every answer cites its source, so you can check it before you decide.

## Before you start

* The tender is in [Pipeline](https://reyda.mintlify.site/pipeline/pipeline-overview.md).
* The buyer documents are on the tender's **Documents** tab. Without documents, **Create report** is disabled.
* You are an owner, admin or editor. Viewers can open a finished report but can't create, cancel or export one. See [Roles and permissions](https://reyda.mintlify.site/account/roles-and-permissions.md).
* Your [company profile](https://reyda.mintlify.site/getting-started/company-profile.md) is filled in. Thin profiles produce more evidence gaps and unverified answers.

## Generate the report

**1. Open the tender's Overview tab**

In **Pipeline**, open the tender. The **Bid/no-bid report** card sits on the **Overview** tab.

**2. Click Create report**

The card shows **Not generated** until a report exists.

**3. Confirm the report**

In **Create bid/no-bid report?**, click **Create report**.

**4. Wait while it runs**

The report opens in **Generating Report** with a progress bar. "This may take a few minutes." Click **Cancel** if you started it by mistake.

**5. Open the full report**

When the card shows **Ready**, click **Open full report**.

Reyda writes the report in the language you use the dashboard in. Only one report can run for a tender at a time.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Closing the report while it's still generating cancels the run. Leave it open, or go back to the
> **Overview** tab and wait for the card to show **Ready**.

If you see **Generation Failed**, click **Retry**. After a cancelled or failed run, the card goes back to **Not generated**.

## Read the report

### The card

The **Bid/no-bid report** card on the **Overview** tab is the summary.

* **Fit score**: a number out of 100. See [How the fit score works](#how-the-fit-score-works).
* **Highlights**: short lines marked **+** for good news and **!** for something to check, such as mandatory blockers or evidence gaps.

### The full report

The full report, **Bid vs No-Bid Report**, shows **Last generated:** with the time at the top.

* The report is grouped into sections, one per bid criteria section: **Dates**, **Overview**, **Strategy**, **Expectations For Suppliers** and **Submission Criteria**. In **Settings → Bid criteria**, the last two are called **Supplier requirements** and **Submission requirements**. Each section shows how many criteria it answers, and the first one opens automatically.
* Each entry has the criterion's title, the question it answers (after **Q:**) and the answer.
* Click the **citations** count next to an answer to see the **SOURCE** document and the quoted passage it relies on.

> [!WARNING]
>
> The report is a decision aid. Check the citations for blockers such as minimum turnover, mandatory
> certifications or exclusion grounds before you rely on them. The decision to bid stays with your
> team.

## How the fit score works

The fit score reflects how well your company meets your bid criteria, based on the tender documents and your profile. The report flags:

* **Mandatory blockers**: mandatory requirements your company doesn't meet. Check these first.
* **Evidence gaps**: criteria that are only partly met, or where information is missing that you could supply.

Adding more criteria to a topic gives that topic more weight in the score.

## Set your bid criteria

Bid criteria are the questions every report answers. Use them to encode your company's own go/no-go rules, such as "Do we have a reference project of similar size?" or "Is the payment schedule acceptable?".

Reyda starts every company with a default set of criteria, which owners and admins can edit or delete.

**1. Go to Settings → Bid criteria**

This tab is for owners and admins. It opens **Bid Evaluation Criteria**.

**2. Click Add criteria**

**3. Choose a section**

Under **Select Section**, pick **Dates**, **Overview**, **Strategy**, **Supplier requirements** or **Submission requirements**.

**4. Name the criterion**

Enter an **Evaluation criteria title**, for example "Project timeline assessment".

**5. Describe what to evaluate**

Under **Evaluation criteria**, write the question the report should answer. Be specific about thresholds, for example a minimum contract value or a required certification.

**6. Click Add evaluation criteria**

Use **Edit criteria** and **Delete criteria** to maintain the list. Changes apply to reports you generate or re-generate afterwards; existing reports keep the criteria they were generated with.

## Keep the report current

A report doesn't update on its own. It reflects the buyer documents, your profile and your bid criteria at the time it ran. Re-generate it when:

* The buyer publishes new or corrected documents, such as clarifications or an amended specification.
* You update your company profile or past projects.
* You add, edit or delete bid criteria.

To re-generate, open the full report and click **Re-generate**. The new run starts straight away and replaces the report on the card when it finishes. If you cancel it or it fails, the card shows **Not generated** until you create a report again.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Each generation and re-generation uses AI credits. See [Plans and credits](https://reyda.mintlify.site/account/plans-and-credits.md).

## Export the report

In the full report, click **Export PDF**. Reyda prepares the file and downloads it when it's ready. Use it to share the case with colleagues or management who don't use Reyda. Exporting is for owners, admins and editors.

## Record your decision

The report doesn't change the tender's status. When your team has decided, record it on the Pipeline item.

| Decision | Where | What it does | Pipeline status |
| - | - | - | - |
| **Create response** | Tender header, while the status is **Triage** | Asks "Create a bid-room response?", then creates an in-progress response in Bid Room and opens it. The button becomes **Open response**. | **Pursue** |
| **No bid** | Status menu on the tender | Opens **Mark as no bid?** with an optional **Reason for no bid**. Click **Mark no bid**. The tender isn't deleted. | **No bid** |
| **No bid** | **More options** on the tender's row in Pipeline | Marks the tender straight away, without a reason. | **No bid** |
| **Archive** | Status menu or **More options** | Moves the tender out of your active list. | **Archived** |
| **Restore** | **More options**, or choose **Triage** in the status menu | Moves the tender back for review and clears the no-bid reason. | **Triage** |

You can only create a response from **Triage**, so restore a **No bid** or **Archived** tender first. Once a tender is in **Pursue**, its status is managed in Bid Room and can't be changed from Pipeline. See [Create a response](https://reyda.mintlify.site/pipeline/create-a-response.md).

## Ask Emma

Emma can generate or refresh the report from the chat, or from a [routine](https://reyda.mintlify.site/automation/routines.md) whose instruction asks for it, and discuss the result with you. The report is saved on the tender's Pipeline item, and Emma links to it when it's ready. She points to the evidence for each claim and marks gaps as unknown instead of guessing. Whether you bid is your call.

Emma can also write her own qualification analysis from wider research, such as the buyer's portal or the web. She tells you which one you're getting: Reyda's standard bid/no-bid report or her own analysis.

Ask Emma

Generate the bid/no-bid report for this tender and tell me the three biggest blockers, with the
page each one comes from.

Ask Emma

Based on the bid/no-bid report, which evidence gaps could we close with documents from our
library?

Ask Emma

Using the bid/no-bid report, draft a one-paragraph go/no-go note for our managing director, with
the open risks listed separately.

Ask Emma

The buyer published a clarification for this tender. Re-generate the bid/no-bid report and summarise
the blockers and evidence gaps.

## Related

> [card] [Buyer activity report](https://reyda.mintlify.site/pipeline/buyer-activity-report.md)

> [card] [Create a response](https://reyda.mintlify.site/pipeline/create-a-response.md)

> [card] [Qualify a tender](https://reyda.mintlify.site/use-cases/qualify-a-tender.md)

> [card] [Sources and citations](https://reyda.mintlify.site/emma/sources-and-citations.md)


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